14 The Queens Courier • holiday • DECEMBER 17, 2015 for breaking news visit www.qns.com s holiday guide ORNAMENTAL GIFTS By Tresa Erickson Christmas is just around the corner, and as usual, you are having a difficult time finding a gift for your mother-in-law. She seems to have everything. What can you possibly find that she doesn’t have? How about some homemade ornaments for her Christmas tree? Don’t think you have the skills to make them? Think again. Here are the directions for making some elegant ornaments Supplies: • 12 frosted or clear glass ornaments • Craft paint in two or more colors • Paper cups Directions: 1. Remove the hooks from the ornaments, rinse with water and set aside to dry. 2. Working on one ornament at a time, squirt a few drops of paint around the interior of the ornament, letting them flow down the sides to the bottom. 3. Fill in the spaces between paint trickles with squirts of a second color of paint and perhaps even a third. 4. Roll the ornament around in the palm of your hand until the interior is completely coated with paint and you are satisfied with the swirls of color. 5. Dump the ornament upside down in a paper cup to remove excess paint and allow to dry overnight. 6. Repeat steps 1-5 for each remaining ornament. 7. Replace hooks, add a piece of curled ribbon and voila, your ornaments are complete. Creating handmade ornaments is simple. You can use as many colors of paint as you would like or stick to two or three to create a specific color scheme. If your mother-in-law has a gold and burgundy tree, for example, then you might want to use gold, cream and burgundy paint, whereas if she has a multicolored tree, then you might want to use a variety of colors. The sky’s the limit! To become a Value Card member contact: info@jamaicacenter.org or call 718.526.2422 ext. 0 Offering 10% DisCOunT Alex Furniture Applebee’s Bargain’s International Beverly Hills Furniture Claire’s Cookie’s Dept. Store Globe Surgical Supply Golden Krust Gothic Furniture Jackie Kids Jamaica Ave. Designer Outlet Jamaica Gold Value Card Participating stores K&M Perfume Gallery Life Style Awards & Promotional Awards Milla Fabric, Inc M&M Friendly Fashion Original Herbal Remedies Roxx Save-A-Thon S&K Linen Store Starlight Shoes Strawberry Telco The UPS Store Ground Shipping Youngworld 20% DisCOunTs Better Life Diana Fashion Don’t Panic Shoes Fabulous Optical Fashion Corner L.B. Gifts & Lamps Lens Lab Express Step Up Furniture The UPS Store – Air Wizard of Eyes Optical Zan Jewelry VariOus DisCOunTs gaP Outlet (Clearance rack additional 10%discount) Old navy Holiday discounts daily nine West Outlet buy 1 pair get 2nd pair half off Hot Point Up to 50%discounts throughout holiday season Tick Tock Up to 50% discount throughout holiday season Dr. Jay’s Holiday discounts Carter’s Children’s store holiday discounts Pretty Women Contact these value card store members for the deals listed and other special deals “Jamaica Queens…Experience Uniqueness”
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